Zamioculcas plant named ‘ZAM202201’

ABSTRACT

A new and distinct cultivar of  Zamioculcas  plant named ‘ZAM202201’, characterized by its compact and upright plant habit with upwardly pointing pinnately-compound leaves; basally clumping habit; vigorous growth habit and moderate growth rate; and glossy leaflets that broadly elliptic and rounded in shape and dark green in color.

Botanical designation: Zamioculcas zamiifolia.

Cultivar denomination: ‘ZAM202201’.

PRIOR DISCLOSURES BY INVENTOR & APPLICANT/ASSIGNEE

An European Community Plant Breeder's Rights application for the instant plant was filed by the Applicant/Assignee, A.C.J. Peeters Holding B.V. of Breda, The Netherlands on Dec. 14, 2022, application number 2022/2941. Foreign priority is not claimed to this application.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Zamioculcas plant, botanically known as Zamioculcas zamiifolia and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘ZAM202201’.

The new Zamioculcas plant is a naturally-occurring whole plant mutation of an unnamed selection of Zamioculcas zamiifolia, not patented. The new Zamioculcas plant was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a single plant from within a population of plants of the unnamed selection in a controlled greenhouse environment in Breda, The Netherlands in February, 2020.

Asexual reproduction of the new Zamioculcas plant by vegetative cuttings in a controlled environment in Breda, The Netherlands since March, 2020 has shown that the unique features of this new Zamioculcas plant are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations of asexual reproduction.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Plants of the new Zamioculcas have not been observed under all possible combinations of environmental conditions and cultural practices. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environmental conditions such as temperature and light intensity, without, however, any variance in genotype.

The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘ZAM202201’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘ZAM202201’ as a new and distinct Zamioculcas plant:

-   -   1. Compact and upright plant habit with upwardly pointing         pinnately-compound leaves.     -   2. Basally clumping habit.     -   3. Vigorous growth habit and moderate growth rate.     -   4. Glossy leaflets that broadly elliptic and rounded in shape         and dark green in color.

Plants of the new Zamioculcas differ primarily from plants of the unnamed parent selection in leaflet size, shape and arrangement as plants of the new Zamioculcas have smaller, more rounded and more closely-spaced leaflets than leaflets of plants of the unnamed parent selection.

Plants of the new Zamioculcas can also be compared to plants of Zamioculcas zamiifolia ‘Lucky’, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 23,594. In side-by-side comparisons, plants of the new Zamioculcas differ from plants of ‘Lucky’ in the following characteristics:

-   -   1. Plants of the new Zamioculcas are more compact than plants of         ‘Lucky’.     -   2. Plants of the new Zamioculcas are more freely clumping than         plants of ‘Lucky’.     -   3. Leaflets of plants of the new Zamioculcas are more rounded in         shape, more closely-spaced and darker green in color than         leaflets of plants of ‘Lucky’.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

The accompanying photographs illustrate the overall appearance of the new Zamioculcas showing the colors as true as it is reasonably possible to obtain in colored reproductions of this type. Colors in the photographs may differ slightly from the color values cited in the detailed botanical description which accurately describe the colors of the new Zamioculcas plant.

The photograph on the first sheet (FIG. 1 ) is a side perspective view of a typical plant of ‘ZAM202201’ grown in a container.

The photograph on the second sheet (FIG. 2 ) is a close-up view of typical leaflets of a plant of ‘ZAM202201’.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

The aforementioned photographs and following observations and measurements describe plants grown during the winter and spring in 19-cm containers in a glass-covered greenhouse in Breda, The Netherlands and under cultural practices typical of commercial Zamioculcas production. During the production of the plants, day temperatures ranged from 21C to 23C and night temperatures ranged from 19C to 20C. Plants were 18 months old when the photographs and the detailed description were taken. In the following description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, 2015 Edition, except where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used.

-   Botanical classification: Zamioculcas zamiifolia ‘ZAM202201’. -   Parentage: Naturally-occurring whole plant mutation of an unnamed     selection of Zamioculcas zamiifolia, not patented. -   Propagation:     -   -   Type.—By vegetative cuttings.         -   Time to initiate roots, summer.—About 56 days at             temperatures about 21C.         -   Time to initiate roots, winter.—About 84 days at             temperatures about 19C.         -   Time to produce a rooted young plant, summer.—About 84 days             at temperatures about 21C.         -   Time to produce a rooted young plant, winter.—About 140 days             at temperatures about 19C.         -   Root description.—Medium in thickness, fleshy; brownish             white in color; actual color of the roots is dependent on             substrate composition, water quality, fertilizer, substrate             temperature and age of roots.         -   Rooting habit.—Moderately freely branching, dense. -   Plant description:     -   -   Plant and growth habit.—Compact and upright plant habit with             upwardly pointing leaves; overall shape, narrow inverted             triangle; stemless; pinnately compound leaves developing in             basal clumps; typically about 15 to 20 clumps developing per             plant; vigorous growth habit and moderate growth rate.         -   Plant height.—About 50 cm.         -   Plant diameter.—About 40 cm to 45 cm. -   Leaf description:     -   -   Leaf arrangement.—Pinnately compound leaves with about 14 to             16 leaflets per leaf.         -   Leaf length.—About 40 cm to 45 cm.         -   Leaflet length.—About 6 cm to 8 cm.         -   Leaflet width.—About 4 cm.         -   Leaflet shape.—Broadly elliptic and rounded.         -   Leaflet apex.—Obtuse with mucronate tip.         -   Leaflet base.—Obtuse.         -   Leaflet margin.—Entire.         -   Leaflet venation.—Pinnate.         -   Leaflet texture and luster, upper and lower             surfaces.—Smooth, glabrous; glossy.         -   Leaflet color.—Developing leaflets, upper surface: Close to             146A. Developing leaflets, lower surface: Close to 146B.             Fully expanded leaflets, upper surface: Close to 147A;             venation, close to 144B. Fully expanded leaflets, lower             surface: Close to 144A; venation, close to 144B.         -   Petioles (rachis).—Length: About 10 cm to 15 cm. Diameter:             Proximally, about 2 cm; distally, about 1 cm. Texture:             Smooth, glabrous. Color: Close to 147B. -   Inflorescence description: To date, flower initiation and     development has not been observed on plants of the new Zamioculcas. -   Pathogen & pest resistance: To date, plants of the new Zamioculcas     have not been observed to be resistant to pathogens or pests common     to Zamioculcas plants. -   Temperature tolerance: Plants of the new Zamioculcas have been     observed to be tolerant to temperatures ranging from about 10C to     about 40C. 

It is claimed:
 1. A new and distinct Zamioculcas plant named ‘ZAM202201’ as illustrated and described. 